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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harold Bauer credited his piano interest to what dancer?

2. In what year did Isaac Albeniz go to San Francisco before returning to Europe?

3. Vladimir de Pachmann dressed in a smelly, old gown he claimed was whose?

4. At what age did Glenn Gould retire?

5. What album by Glenn Gould is described as combining personality, ideas, bouncing rhythm and fast tempos?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Harold Bauer? Describe the Bauer's early career.

2. What advances in piano technique are described in Chapter XXXI, New Philosophies, New Styles? Where did they originate?

3. Who were the forerunners of modernism? How did modernism differ from romanticism?

4. What advances and contributions did Glenn Gould bring to musical presentation?

5. Who was Isaac Albeniz? Describe his early career.

6. Compare the style and works of Busoni and Godowsky. How does the author relate their philosophical differences?

7. When did Glenn Gould retire? What emotional disturbances did he suffer from?

8. How is the style of Sergei Rachmaninoff described by the author? Where was Sergei Rachmaninoff from?

9. What relationship did Arthur Rubinstein and Vladimir Horowitz share? How did they differ in performance styles?

10. What nickname did Leopold Godowsky earn? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who invented the piano and when? What instruments foreshadowed it? How did it rise to popularity?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the biography and work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. What contributions did Mozart make to piano technique and composition?

Essay Topic 3

Compare the styles, philosophies, and techniques of Anton Rubinstein and his student Josef Hofmann. What style was Hofmann a forerunner of?

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